"They were just making jokes": Ethnic/racial teasing and discrimination among adolescents

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-82

  Douglass, Sara ^a   Mirpuri, Sheena ^b   English, Devin ^c   Yip, Tiffany ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Discrimination; Ethnic racial teasing; Friendship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; PEER GROUP; RACISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955182744     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000041     Document Type: Article

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